This fixed it - but still not a decent alternative - frequently uninstalling/re-installing using Revo is a hassle (Windows uninstall leaves the recent list of animations intact).

Again, I'm sure it is a registry key or somewhere in appdata that needs to be modified.

It is not a big issue for me it just bugs me that when I cut and paste my animations to different folders/drives an/or rename them, the animation names (links to) that show up in the Welcome screen no longer work.